maybe we should also show the score in everything test besides it? I think, no :). If trains use U-turns frequently, it means there is something wrong with a railway. U-turns should be a rare exception, this is why I didn't try to make them fast. Of course, there should not be any deadlocks anyway....

Yes, I can rename. Both the intersection you posted deadlock. For intersections with U-turns, they should be tested with the Everything test. Actually so does the first one you posted, so I'll take them off the site untill they don't deadlock. I fixed my intersections. I updated images and blueprin...

Factoriointersection wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 1:12 pmI show it in this video.
https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... testbench/

Thank you, I found it. That button is almost invisible to me . Please consider making a large dedicated button on the Control Panel.

Factoriointersection wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 12:10 pm In settings you can choose between "Testbench forum test" or "Everything test".

I still don't get, where are these settings, which mod? Is there some url explaining these particular settings?

Factoriointersection wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 7:26 amFor intersections with U-turns, they should be tested with the Everything test.

What is Everything test?

I mostly use "T" intersections, I made these compact and symmetrical. Like all my real-game intersections, they support U-turns. For the scoring, I run Testbench Forum Test that does not include U turns as they are not optimized and should be used rarely, though intersections were also tes...

mmmPI wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 2:20 pm

Of course, we expect some discussion here.
Or, this topic may be just N+1 voice saying "Gleba is too hard". There already are many discussions about that. I'd just like to ask more one question: are most players as skilled as those who say "Actually Gleba is good"?

While you are correct in saying that people may be unaware of the setting, posting a topic in "Balancing" doesn't mean "too hard for me", it means "may be too hard for most players." This implies correcting the default setting, not just the ability to set individual se...

mmmPI wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:01 pm there is an ingame setting during map generation to increase the spoilage time

"Balancing" is about the changes that may work better for all players with the default setting. Extreme players can reduce this setting for themselves.

It seems the devs stop responding once topic has been moved to "not a bug"

Thanks for the report however that is working as intended. They will attack anything that is not their own that's in the way. In this case the rock got in the way so they will remove it. Got the same issue. Shouldn't they switch to a character if passing nearby? I got a busy biter that completely i...

xargo-sama wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:16 pm I will be upfront about this, unless someone shows me a compelling way to fit more digits in there without bleeding out of the icon space

Exact numbers (per second and per minute) can be showed elsewhere, say, by pressing a button here:

Maelstromeous wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2024 1:50 pm Slightly off topic but how are you guys getting the stats for your intersection throughputs like in the image here?

There are mods for that: RailTester and Testbenchcontrols

I designed an intersection that allows U-turns without a roundabout. I need the U-turns for a character train that runs here and there. For the scoring, I run Testbench Forum Test that does not include U turns as they are not optimized and should be used rarely, though intersection was also tested f...

In your setup you need a chain signal before the split if you seek for the best performance. The train should wait before the split because it is not known which branch will be free first.

Possible solution: color differences (not all colors) can be expressed stronger in a blueprint. For this, need to calculate average colors for all assemblers (inserters, chests etc), calculate difference with the required assembler type for each pixel. Larger difference -> larger opacity in the blue...

boskid wrote: ↑Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:43 pm There is a console command, `/editor`, really powerful stuff.

Phew... But still, this is not obvious for unaware player. Should he be a hacker to become a god?

No sandbox anymore??? I need it to create and test my blueprints at various conditions. I don't want to care about resources, nor wait for bots building/destroying the 57th test setup. Not funny.
Maybe there's some console command for god mode?

I can't stop thinking about the fluids. Here's my latest conclusion: we must reject all the principles inherited from the old fluids that are based on open channel flow, which cannot be fixed by design, because we want closed channel flow. This involves different physics. The closed channel flow doe...

If the answer to "What is the pumps fluid transfer compared to its maximum rate?" is anything other than "100%" its wrong, and if it is "some fixed absolute value/(number of all pumps pumping into the segment)" it is nonsense. Serving entire megabase with a single pipe...